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Dispeople
Dis-peo′ple
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dispeopled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dispeopling
.] [Pref.
dis-
+ people
: cf. F. dépeupler
.] To deprive of inhabitants; to depopulate.
Leave the land
dispeopled
and desolate. Sir T. More.
A certain island long before
dispeopled
. . . by sea rivers. Milton.
Definition 2024
dispeople
dispeople
English
Verb
dispeople (third-person singular simple present dispeoples, present participle dispeopling, simple past and past participle dispeopled)
- (transitive) To empty of people or inhabitants.
Synonyms
References
- Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 131